189 Suspicions (1/2)

Marvin finally learned how to circulate energy after the first failure. He clenched his fist and couldn't help but giggle like an idiot. He canceled his transformation then felt excited while his ears blushed because of Lolita's soft touch.

”Thank you, Boss Jun. Thank you, Miss Alvaro!”

”You can stop calling me that, Lolita would do. Our age gap isn't that far after all.” Lolita smiled, then stood up. ”I'm done here, right? Okay, I'm going back to sleep. Bye~”

Marvin smirked foolishly as he watched her walked away.

Jun ignored the lovestruck gaze Marvin had and said, ”Then I'll give you a list of skills that you can learn and choose what you think suits your style best. There's not many to choose around, so you don't have to force yourself to learn them all. Oh, by the way, what level are you now?”

”I'm level 6. Why?”

”I think there's a limit to the number of skills that we could learn. Except for pre-generated skills, every level, you can increase skill limit by 1. My friend is already researching the matter, and I'm just waiting for results.”

”Can we learn too?”

Jun and Marvin turned their head and followed the voice's direction. Lolita hasn't gone out of the door and is watching the two of them with curiosity.

She added, ”We've already exchanged information with you, so trading more should be fine, right?”

Jun frowned at her assertiveness but smiled in the end. He has a few questions he wants to be answered, and this is the best chance that he could take.

Jun nodded his head while pointing to her previous seat, ”Sure, please sit down.”

”Thanks, wait a minute.”

Lolita ran out of the room and barged in loudly in the next room. Several seconds later, three sleepy heads wearing pajama's followed an excited Lolita.

”She's 24? Wow, she looks way younger than that.”

That was the first thing Lolita heard after entering the room. Marvin had this surprised expression all over his face while Jun was bobbing his head that says, 'I'm telling the truth.'

”Are you two gossiping about me?” Lolita questioned with both arms on her waist.

Marvin quickly distanced himself from Jun and waved both hands in front of him. ”No, we're not.” afterward, he bowed then added, ”I'm sorry.”

Lolita narrowed her eyes and glanced at the two alternately.

”Just kidding.” she stuck her tongue out, then sat on the floor beside Marvin. Her followers dazedly followed her and sat next to her.

Reena, who was the last to enter the room, sat furthest to Lolita and ended up next to Jun. She squirmed in her place and avoided turning her head to Jun's direction.

”Let's not waste time, and I'll start,” Jun said. ”There's a lot of skills you could learn and your imaginations the limit. The only thing that's stopping you is the skill limit and your energy control...” Jun explained everything they need to know before going to his question.

”Now, I want to know your skill. I know that your the 'brain,' and I want to know what you can do and how you use the skill. I've already paid in advance, so I expect to receive what I paid for.”

Marvin suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the room took a 180-degree turn. The jolly and friendly air vanished, replaced by displeasure.

Reena, who was avoiding Jun's gaze since earlier, was now glaring at him. Lolita couldn't do anything and only chuckled listlessly.

”So, this ends like this, hah.” Lolita combed the back of her head and played with her hair. ”Sure, I'll answer it. I guess it couldn't be helped at all. You already said it the first time; you're a curious man.”

Jun made a slight nod and smiled as he anticipated her answer.

”Do you also want to know how I earned it?”

”If you don't mind.”

”Okay then, I'll just add it as a freebie.” Lolita took a deep sigh before staring at Jun, then continued. ”I was sleeping at my office desk when the apocalypse started. In my dream, people were killing and eating each other. A few of those people noticed me and jumped on me. Of course, I defended myself, so when I blocked them, they started biting my arms. I couldn't fight back as if my arms and legs were tied by something invisible. It was like I'm supposed to die there.”

”I didn't give up, though. The only thing I can move was my head, and I used it. I started biting their necks until they stopped moving. After those two stopped moving, I woke up in my office. I cried when I realized that it was just a nightmare until I heard shrieks and shouts in the hallway. I survived by not going out of my office. The notification about the skill also solidified my will not to go out.”

Lolita smiled wryly after finishing her story. Her friends gazed at her with concern. Although they have heard the story, having listened to it the second time still makes them worried. The psychological trauma must be severe, especially when she got locked alone in her office for a long time.

Marvin quietly gulped as he stared at Lolita.